《欲望号街车》中的创伤书写与伦理思考

Trauma Writing and Ethical Thinking in A Streetcar Named Desire

运用文学伦理学批评方法和创伤理论,分析田纳西·威廉斯《欲望号街车》中的创伤书写和伦理思考。在个人层面,女主人公布兰琪在遭受艾伦带给她的情感创伤之后,从许多男性身上寻求慰藉和安全感,从而陷入伦理混乱之中。在家庭层面,布兰琪的家庭创伤根源于南方种植园家族的没落,她希望通过建构自己南方淑女的身份,重塑自己的高贵形象,但她的身份的虚伪性和过时性,注定了这一身份建构的失败。在社会层面,强权社会对女性、精神受创者等弱势群体的歧视、排斥和迫害,让布兰琪再次遭受创伤,孤立无援的她只能走向最终的伦理悲剧。

This paper uses ethical literary criticism and trauma theory to analyze Tennessee Williams'trauma writing and ethical thinking in A Streetcar Named Desire.On a personal level,after suffering the emotional trauma that Allen brings to her,Blanche seeks comfort and security from many men,and falls into ethical chaos.At the family level,Blanche's family trauma mainly stems from the decline of the southern plantation family.She hopes to reinvent her noble image by constructing her identity as a southern lady.But the hypocrisy and obsolescence of her identity condemn the failure of identity construction.At the social level,the powerful society discriminates against and persecutes the vulnerable groups such as female and spiritual victims,which left Blanche traumatized again.She is isolated and helpless,and has to move towards the ultimate ethical tragedy.